Uei, Hiroshi
Tokuhashi, Yasuaki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9098-6173
Article History
Received: 29 January 2018
Accepted: 29 June 2018
First Online: 5 July 2018
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Institutional review board approval was obtained from Nihon University Itabashi Hospital (approval number RK-11209-8).
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